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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech D95A · Santa Maria, CA · March 26, 1988

Date
March 26, 1988 · 12:30 local
Place
Santa Maria, CA
Airport
Santa Maria Public
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8855M
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX88FA134
Reported as
Beech D95A
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360B1B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
2,070 total855 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Rolled over on climbout and dived into ground. Possible left engine power loss stall and VMC at same time. Unknown.

As the FAA filed it

ROLLED OVER ON CLIMBOUT AND DIVED INTO GROUND. POSSIBLE LEFT ENGINE POWER LOSS STALL AND VMC AT SAME TIME. UNKNOWN.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N8855M · 1

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